Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-04-19
bur Parish Mystery.

iel7u I,horers. Our ylcarage, the grange, |
nd ie'. III, little cottage called Sea View,
90 lie respectable hougcs In the place
EeTe Nv. n,ysl Mt the parsonage Sea View cot
Do ON =, lot and 90 all the society that
~ he had was that OF me grange people,
70 .ouirc and his family. Now though Mr.
~ Trs. Dale were excellent people In their
~ nd yery hospitable there was certainly |
~ avcuse for our Wishing for an occasional |
son' If society, and oil the more so that We |
na" soroc 10 sandylle from one Oh the most
~ Ill 'lle towns in the north OF England. 1t |
,narcfore with great pleasure that we
sas -s',,e day from Mrs. Dale that Sea View
't~ sas,c had ut last found tenant,
@rd more than a mere TENANT added the
rodiantly; "a person OF great dlstinc-
consider that that piece OF house
70" has trebl.d In value since signed
~ lease with Mrs. Mort"
w, u, | cried. you don't mean James
The au thor of "Georgette"
AD ,r,,a son,e.n answered Mrs. Dale, smiling,
,anht at nv having confessed myself a
,ar NJ novels; 'the great novelist. lie has
s,n the house for nine years"
An .l,avc Won seen hima What Is he likel"
asked anxlously. .
No We have only seen his wife. She
ann over from Dover yesterday They have
~, arrived from Paris, where Mr.. Mort has
living. He was too fatigued to accom-
Wv her. The passage from Calais had
p', unset him. Mrs. Mort seems charm
10 person, though rather peculiar"
Shnd when are they coming to live herel'
sas soon as the house is in order. We have
:, Tho men in now. Jobson promised to have
/ ready In IL fortnight"
About three weeks later my husband and
allied on our new parishioners. We were re-
,.,,ed by Mrs Mort, who answered the bell
herself.
nrbc parson and his wife, should say from
.orr look. Come in. don't keep servant
.on soc. Don't make noise. This way,
please"
Iwos somewhat astonished at this welcome,
,b,ch was grufIiy and abruptly spoken. My
arstoud | could see from his preternaturally
,olemu expression, was making violent effort
= control his laughter. Certainly Mrs Mort
~, n very comical figure. She was tall, fat
.omau. with very red face, and was dressed
black gown that might have been made in
Paris under the first empire. The waist came
1 m to close beneath the breast, and was cir
lsd with A flowing white sash. Her hair was
mt quite short like mans,
Srnprpssing our laughter as best we could we
followed her into the drawing room. We were
,,,rprised to find that the windows, which com
4 handed an excellent view OF the sea- had been
l ,astcrcd over with red paper, which com
i ,etey hd the outside and cast lurid
I;,rl,f he into Df
I the room The furniture consisted of sofa
.oyercd with black stuff, two arm chairs en-
& ,ui,e two other chairs, piano and round
4 ,,be There was no carpet on the floor, and
The walls were simply whitewashed. The cell
a nc was stuck over with black paper. On the
able were various books, which | recognized.
H by their titles, as Mrs Morris work. A picture
with its face turned to the wall, hung over the
1 piano Over the door WAS fixed bracket, on
which stood large plaster-cast bust, the head
& (which was extinruished under paper FOOLS
cap
b 'We'll take the weather for granted" said
Mrs Mort motioping us to sit down. Let's
.ak Of something else
Mehusband behaved like darling. | an
ertain thatir had opened my mouth at thai
Il
laughter he saw this and came to thu
tcesuc.
I'VE hone YOU are comfortably settled Ii
Tou new home, Mrs, Mort" he said How
ioyou Ike Saudville!'
Sandwich Oh, yes. Know nothing abou
IT, retorcd the lady,
She had not sat down, but was standi n!
with her back to the wall, with her hands be
Il hind her
"You have not had the time to see tn
place yet" continued my husband. at i
i auc, bUt very charming. There are some de
fghltul walks By the seasil.. 1t is just tn
place for Il literary man. Mr.. Mort Will b
delighted with it."
d "0hl VIII heW answered his wife.
''I}y the way, how Is he"' ] asked ave-
had hoped to see him. | trust 'he is not uu
i Weln
'No, he's asleep"
asleep; l presume he has not recoyere
from the fatigue of his journey"
No, it isn't that. He always sleeps in th
DAY lie works at night 1t Is an limitation
Of Ra'Ac. Balzac, you know, used to go t
bed nj Gand get up at II. Mort goes to be
at . in the morning and gets up at 10 in tn
evening lie has his tub them aud his break
i fast and begins writing Immediately after
*ari; when say writing mean composing
He dictates, l write. have been his se'
Rotary for years. Ever since he started as
novelist in fact.
You must find it very fatiguing work, ="
said. hope you get your proper sleep"
i yes | lie down on that sofa for an hot
mso IN the morning. That's all the sleep
4 wauLn
'luw very unhealthy" said my husban
"Belieye me, Mrs. Mort,-T am something
aooctor, is most imprudent conduc
Yoa can not run contrary to the laws
hcaltn III this way without iucuiTing the pc
aty, Sleep is the first necessity
Dent quote Shakespeare on that subject,
interrupted Mrs. Mort. He's not appreciate
in this house. You see him there extil
gui6hcdn
She painted to the bnst over the door
THAT, Morris idea. 1t is rather opitetu
lie saws that William Shakespeare took all Il
'ea, and left nothing for PROSPERITY to wri
ahrut The picture with "a face to the wall
VICTOR luro's Mort had written a book {
Aotrc Dame. Impossible to do anything wi
H. Hugo had monopolizcd the subject Tina,
now We pa, him out"
"Weil, then" continued my husband, SIN
ING "a won't quote Shakespeare. But "
lnaat not deprive yourself of sleep. 1t is mo
unWise. and another thing, light is a gre
essential to health. Where the sun does II
enter the doctor will, you know" Tn
siancIng at the darilencd panes.
An you're wondering why we have sh